Rene's right. The nebari seems to be quite strange. Could you post a closer view of it (nebari = root base) ?
Thanks.
By the way, I like the tree as it is. The only thing I would do to it would be to wire it a little more to achieve the "squashed juniper style". Have a look at this example at BonsaiTALK Gallery
http://www.memobug.com/cgi-bin/imag...t=&bool=and
How can you put a text instead of the web address?